Legend
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"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."
Ray wakes herself up on the bed with a big stretch.
Ray is the only one in the magic tent, naturally.
Thanks to the fact that Ray and I stayed up all night, he fell asleep soon after camping.
It wasn't until this afternoon that I camped, I went straight to sleep... and I just woke up.
I usually wake up in a lot of sleep, but I'm in the middle of a request right now.... not a formal request through the guild, but a request received from a settlement in Centaur in another world.
Either way, sometimes I'm in the middle of a request, and Ray isn't waking up badly.
... As of yesterday afternoon, I've been asleep for a long time, and the area feels more like this now.
When the sophisticated Ray exited the magic tent, the first thing that caught my eye was the sun.... Morning sun to be exact.
The surroundings are already brighter but still the time you deserve to call them early mornings.
Confirming what was going on around him like that, Seto, who noticed that Ray had come out of a magic tent, looks right up from the situation where he was falling asleep.
"Gru!"
Wake up! And he squeals so happily and rushes towards Ray.
Try Ceto, Ray just fell asleep as soon as he camped.
Then, until now, it hasn't looked like it was going to happen at all, so I guess it's natural to miss you.
... Here was the thickness of Seto's trust in Ray, where he was lonely rather than worried that it might have been on something Ray.
"You've made me feel lonely. Bad."
Ray utters apology to Seto as he strokes Seto as he rubs his head on.
Seto made a more intense move to rub his head against such Ray's appearance.
That's all I'm happy to be stroked by Ray.
That's how Ray was stroking Seto enough, but eventually he looked around again...
"I knew it."
Squeeze so briefly.
The reason for that whining was that there was nothing like a monster or an animal corpse in or around the camp and above all around Seto.
That would mean that there was absolutely no such thing as the presence of that hand attacking me last night.
As Ray predicted, all the monsters and animals and other beings around here would have been eaten and killed by Dragonias.
(Though, I don't think it's weird to be there because I don't think there's anything dragonias can do about flying monsters)
Question that.
Even if it is not possible in Dragonias, there are many means of ranged attack, above all Seto, who can fly himself in the air.
Given the neighborhood, it wasn't strange if the birds, bats... or the bodies of flying monsters were rolling.
But there are no such bodies rolling around.
For example, he understood that not only the existence of living on earth, but also the existence of flying in the sky, was a dangerous place around here.
(Well, you don't have to be highly intelligent... no, because it's not expensive, you know Dragonias is working by instinct)
Ray prepares his meal as he remembers Dragonias.
Sometimes I went to bed yesterday as soon as I was ready for camp, and the current Ray was pretty hungry.
I guess people still learn to be hungry, even if they just slept all the time.
"Well, what does Seto want to eat?
"Gru!"
To Ray's words, Seto responds immediately.
What I heard was a squeal, but still, Ray could fully understand what Seto was trying to say.
That is… meat, and.
Ray also knows that Seto naturally likes meat, so there is no no no no no no no no no no no no.
"Right.... I think I made you feel a little lonely, or should I cook some gamellion meat?"
"Grrrrrrrr!"
To Ray's words, Seto snarls happily from the bottom of his heart.
Gamelion meat can only be eaten for a limited period of autumn to winter without Ray.
But in Ray's case, we have mysteries, so we can eat them without any concern at all.
Seto gazes happily at the meat of Gamelion served by Ray.
Easy to eat...... cut the meat to the right size and stab it on the skewer so that it can be cooked as soon as possible, not near the incineration.
"There are a few kinds of sauces, but they're not even real."
"Grrrr? Grr, grrr"
Seto encouraging Ray.
Most importantly, the real job in this case refers to those who hold the culinary position in the true sense.
Skewer grills sold by adventurers in stalls for a little pocket money and hobbies were mostly done by hobbies after all.
Basically, skewers don't taste that good.
... some of them bake strangely deliciously, but there are basically a few of them.
Ray also naturally goes into the vast majority and can bake skewers and keep them from burning, but they are delicious...... that's delicious no matter who eats them! and cannot be roared and baked.
Although Seto was satisfied because he could eat normally for now.
That's how when you're cooking meat, you wake up with that smell, and the Centaurs come out of the other tents.
And look for the source of the smell that stimulates your drifting appetite.
I haven't shaken the salt yet, but still the smell of Gamelion's meat cooking was just destructive enough to stimulate my appetite enough even when I woke up.
"Ray, that meat..."
"It's the meat of a monster called Gamelion.... You're not around here, are you?
Since this world and Elgin, for some reason, make sense of words or have the same meaning of words, maybe there are gamelions in this world as well? I thought Ray would explain what kind of monster Gamelion is.
Fortunately, I heard Ray explain. Zai shakes his neck to the side.
"There are rabbits, but such a huge... and no vicious being. If I had such a monster, if I could bump into Dragonias... now"
Not now.
Yes, Ray wanted to return the words, but it's still not clear whether it's really now or not.
Maybe... because there's really no denying the possibility that there's a top-ranked dragonias besides that golden scale.
"Whatever, you're awake and hungry. You guys want some too? It's meat from monsters that don't exist around here, and you're interested, right?
If you say so, there's no reason the Zays aren't interested either.
From the time they left the settlement until they came here, Zai and the others had many opportunities to eat the dishes served by Ray.
All of the dishes are delicious, which is why Ray also expressed a strong interest in the skewering he is currently baking.
Ray grabbed the trust of Zays in the cooking until he got here.
... some of those who have that trust don't have a fondness for Ray... on the contrary, they even have the appearance of a hostile drut.
I don't like Ray, but all the dishes Ray serves are delicious.
Even in such a dilemma, you end up eating food without beating hunger.
That's how they all wake up and gather around the bonfire... carrying a simple seasoned skewer to their mouths that just waved salt gently.
"Yum!"
A voice that pops out of the mouth of the Centaurs and the others in unison.
Most importantly, Ray is not going to boast that praise.
Because the voice 'delicious' today was created not only by Ray's cooking technique, but by the taste of Gamellion's meat.
... Some people thought it would be amazing if they were eating this meat.
"Yeah, delicious. It's delicious... I knew it was no match for a real job."
"Are you in the main position?
One of the centaurs who hears Ray whine asks strangely.
Ray nods at someone like that, naturally.
"Fighting, for example. The battle itself, that's what a child or an old man can do, right? But that's only an amateur fight. Gentlemen... if you make a man like yourselves in battle, the battle will be as different as you can see."
If you say so, the Centaurs also get a convincing look at Ray's words.
I guess it was easy enough to understand the explanation now because I likened it to battle.
"For that reason, if you try cooking as the main job, even if it's the task of baking the same meat, it's a lot different."
Every single one is a fine difference, but that fine difference piles up, and the dishes made are very different from amateurs in real life.
Neither is the meat of the gamelion that Ray eats in any way unsavory. I don't... Still, I still don't feel right if I really try to lay it for the minute that I actually know the skewering of Gamellion's meat cooked by a real cook.
Most importantly, that's only because Ray knows how to skewer a really delicious gamelion, and the Centaurs honestly found it delicious, even if it was skewer roasted by Ray, only for the first time in their lives.
(Speaking of which, I remember seeing the iron plate grill or something, but the grilling technique is quite difficult.)
Ray is convinced, recalling seeing it on a TV show feature or something when he was in Japan.
In fact, if you bake skewers directly this way, you can see how difficult that is.
"Ray, can I have some more?
"Hmm? Oh. I don't mind that.... but what if this is the only meal?"
That said, take out the soup, bread, and some fresh fruit.
As for the menu of meals, it can never be described as luxurious - it is luxurious in the pricey sense of the ingredients because it is made from gamelion meat - but still everyone is happy to eat it, were they hungry?
"Now, listen to me while you eat. It's been too long since yesterday. Later, one last time we check the home of Dragonias, so if nothing happens, we go back to the settlement... okay?
No one disagrees with that opinion of Ray.
In this one case, Ray ended up doing everything from start to finish, so I guess that's natural too.
That's how I understand that if you say dissatisfaction here, it's utterly lame.
"Sounds like you have no objection. Then I'll take a look at it with me and Seto when we're done eating. Zai and the others... right, stay here and pack your bags. Pack your bags when you get back so you can leave right away."
Luggage in this case is a tent used by the Centaurs.
It can be carried and is considerably easier to use than the regular tent Ray knows on top of it.
That's why it takes longer to fold than a regular tent, and more to carry.
Most importantly, I'm used to using the tent from birth to the Centaurs, so there won't be any particular difficulty.
When that's how the story is decided, Ray quickly rides Seto off the spot.
"Grrrrrrrrrr!"
If you try Ceto, you'll still be happier flying in the sky than walking on the ground.
Sometimes I have a ray on my back and I'm in a pretty good mood.
Ray also enjoys flying in the sky on Seto's back.
… even if it is headed to the place where the massive dragonias were burned to death.
"All the time, you see it.... So far as the sky is concerned, is there anything unusual in particular? Seto, come down once. Maybe if we go down on the ground, we'll know what it is."
"Grrrrrrrr!"
To Ray's words, Seto goes down to the ground with his wings winged after a single beep left to him.
And, naturally, land on the ground without any particular danger.
Probably because the wind has blown quite a bit since I hung it yesterday.
The body of Dragonias, which had become charcoal and ash, would have been shaped and flown away by the wind.
"There's a baking field, but will this be one of them?... Well, I don't think plants grow with Dragonias charcoal or ash at all.... I grew up and it seems like something strange can happen."
If you fertilize the charcoal and ashes of dragonias that were dominated by hunger, the possible possibility is a vicious eating plant...... no, it's not strange that cannibal plants grow.
(Maybe we should thoroughly sprinkle salt or something so that nothing grows here again.... no, but it's going to recover anyway)
Ray thought that way looking around… so satisfied he walked away from the scene with Seto.